· 12/22/1896
Schierstein v. Schierstein
Citations
- 68 Mo. App. 205
- 1896 Mo. App. LEXIS 521
How courts have described this case
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- holding included within the legislative power is the sole prerogative to make policy decisions
- noting an injunction was unnecessary because the declaratory judgment entered in the case provided an adequate remedy at law
- explaining the legislature may enact any law it desires unless expressly prohibited by the state constitution
- allowing executive agency to decline to spend legislatively appropriated funds based on its own policy choices would violate the doctrine
- stating an injunction is a drastic and extraordinary equitable remedy courts may use in their discretion in order to prevent irreparable harm to a party where no adequate remedy exists at law
- stating the General Assembly has \the sole prerogative to make policy decisions\
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Judges: Biggs
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